Shade-curtain fixture.



S. J. GILL. SHADE CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 9, 1912.

1 ,040, I 86, Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHADE-CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1,1912.

Application filed May 9, 1912. Serial No. 696,146.

.citizen of the United States, residing at Hammond, in the county ofLake and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful 1 Improvementsin Shade-Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade curtain fixtures and has for its mainobject to provide a shade curtain fixture adapted to be permanentlyattached to a window frame or the'like and capable of holding in placeany one of a number of shade rollers whose length may vary severalinches beyond that occupied by a shade roller fitted originally to beheld between the two brackets of a fixture located at certain places onthe window frame.

pable of longitudinal adjustment, whereby the distance between theroller-supporting points on said socket members may be 2 lengthened orshortened to accommodate any shade roller within certain limitations oflength.

Other objects and advantages will be made apparent in the course of thisspecification 5 and with all of said objects and advantages 1n view thisinvention consists 1n the several novel features of construction,arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter fully set forth andclaimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in-the drawing furnished herewithin which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a window frame,showing my improved shade curtain fixture sccured thereto and supportinga shade roller and curtain pole, Flg. 2 is a front view of one bracketof the fixture, partly broken out, Fig. 3 a vertical section taken onthe-line 3.-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the base memberof the bracket, Fig. 5 is an end view of the socket member of thebracket, Fig. 6 is a view, partly in longitudinal sec tion and partly inside elevation of a fragment of the socket member and shade roller,

detached from each other and Fig. 7 is a similar view at the other endof the shade roller and the other socket member.

In the embodiment of the invention illusltrated in the drawing, twobrackets A, A are employed, each being permanently secured to the windowframe B, as for instance by means of the screw a. The two brackets j ofthe fixture are substantially alike, and one ;of them will now bedescribed in detail: ;Each bracket comprises a base member 10,preferably struck up of sheet metal, as Eshown in Fig. 4, and formed atits base with perforated cars 11, through which are passed screws thatfasten the bracketto the window I frame. The base member is preferablyof V 'shape in formation, having two sides 12, connected by a transverseweb 13. The side :pieces 12, are formed with key hole slots 14:, adaptedto receive the stem 15 of a socket member 15, which is adjustablysecured therein and said transverse web 13, of the bracket is formedwith an inwardly stamped tongue 16, which forms a stop for the stem :15,as will be hereinafter set forth.

Where it is desired to support lace cur- 'gtains or other draperies froma fixture emlbodying my invention, I provide a hook- {like device 17soldered or otherwise'secured Fto each base member 10, as shown in Figs.1 Fand 3, said hook-like member having an upturned end 18, adapted toenter holes in the curtain rod shown at 19, whereby lhe latter jmay bedetachably secured upon said hooklike members.

The stem 15, of each socket member is ;preferably struck up from sheetmetal and has an ornamental thumb piece 20, at one end and a socket oropening 21, 21, in the :other end, adapted to receive the pins or studs22, 22*, of the shade roller 23. The shade roller construction is wellknown and usually has some form of coiled spring arrangement, betweenthe pin or stud 29., and roller body for re-winding the curtain 24, uponthe shade roller after the curtain has been drawn down and released.This pin .or stud is also formed with a non-circular end adapted toenter the socket or opening 21, which is made to conform to the shapeof,

the non-circularend of the pin or stud 22. In Fig. 6 I have shown saidsocket or opening as formed in a separate thimblc rigidly secured in theopen end of the socket member 15, but this particular form ofconstruction is not material inasmuch as the end,

of the shade roller having the cylindrical pin or stud 22 The stem 15,is forn' ed with a number of closely spaced teeth 26, extendinglongitudinally of the stem and projecting radially therefrom and certainof said teeth are made to engage with the side walls 12, of the basemember 10, for the purpose of holding the socket member in fixedrelation to the base member after it has been adjusted in place therein.Said key holeslots 14, are ofa shape to freely admit the passage of theteeth through the openings and by bringing certain of the notchesbetween the teeth 26, into register with the side walls 12, ofthe'basemember, the stem may be turned around upon its axis to confine theadjacent edges ofv the side walls between the teeth of two pair of teethas clearly shown in Fig.2. In practice the stem is turned around untilthose teeth within the base member engage with the tongue 16, whichprevents its further rotation in that direction. It is to be observedthat the downward pull upon the attached to a window frame as shown inFig. 1, after which the socket members 15, may be adjustedlongitudinally in the base member of each bracket to accommodate anyshade holder whose length is not greater than the distance between thebrackets which may be considerably less, within certain limits,depending of course upon the length of the stems 15. In securing a shaderoller in place upon a pair of brackets containing the presentinvention, the shade roller is held central between the two brackets,the stems thrust inward through the key hole slots 14, until the pins22, 22", seat in the sockets 21, 21 in the opposing ends of the stems,after which both stems may be turned around in the brackets until theteeth engage the tongues 16.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingA building provided with fixtures of the kind herein described, has thisparticular advantage, namely: the fixtures need not be removed andreplaced in case a different shade roller is substituted for the oneoriginally held by said brackets, provided said shade roller isnarrower, within certain defined limits, than the distance between thetwo brackets of the fixture.

I realize that various alterations and modifications of this device arepossible without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do nottherefore desire to limit myself to the exact form of construction shownand described.

v I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a shade curtainfixture, a base member having a key hole slot inits side, and a tongue adjacent said slot, in. combination,

with a socket member capable of holding one end of a shade roller, andhaving a series of spaced teeth extending longitudinally of the socketmember, and adapted for engagement with the base member and tongue,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a shade curtain fixture, a sheet metal base member, having keyhole slots in its sides, and a tongue extending to a point adjacent saidkey hole slots, in combination with a socket member, capable of holdingone end of a shade roller, and having a series of spaced teeth extendinglongitudinally thereof and adapted to pass through said key hole slots,andto embrace the sides of the base member when turned in said key holeslots, said tongue actingas a stop limiting rotation of said socketmember in one direction.

3. In a shadecurtain fixture, a sheet metal base member, having key holeslots in its sides, and a tongue stamped in from its front and extendingto a point between said key hole slots and immediately behind them, incombination with a socket member, having a stem formed with a socket inone end for the reception of a curtain pole pin'or stud, and also formedwith a series of spaced teeth extending longitudinally of the stem andadapted to pass through said key hole slots, and engage said tongue andsides of the base member when the stem is turned through a certain arcin said slots.

STANISLAVV J. GILL.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. Knosr, W. R. LINNIsToN.

Washington, D. C.

